Lyndon Baines Johnson
36th President of the United States
(November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969)
Nickname: "LBJ"
Born: August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Texas
Died: January 22, 1973, near Johnson City, Texas
Father: Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr.
Mother: Rebekah Baines Johnson
Married: Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor (1912-2007), on November 17, 1934
Children: Lynda Bird Johnson (1944- ); Luci Baines Johnson (1947- )
Religion: Disciples of Christ
Education: Graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1930) (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos)
Occupation: Teacher, public official
Political Party: Democrat
Other Government Positions:
- Congressional Secretary, 1931-37
- Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1937-49
- United States Senator, 1949-61
- Vice President, 1961-63 (under Kennedy)
Presidential Salary: $100,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey (1965-69)
Cabinet:
- Secretary of State
- Dean Rusk (1963-69)
- Secretary of the Treasury
- C. Douglas Dillon (1963-65)
- Henry H. Fowler (1965-68)
- Joseph W. Barr (1968-69)
- Secretary of Defense
- Robert S. McNamara (1963-68)
- Clark M. Clifford (1968-69)
- Attorney General
- Robert F. Kennedy (1963-65)
- Nicholas Katzenbach (1965-67)
- Ramsey Clark (1967-69)
- Postmaster General
- John A. Gronouski (1963-65)
- Lawrence F. O'Brien (1965-68)
- W. Marvin Watson (1968-69)
- Secretary of the Interior
- Stewart L. Udall (1963-69)
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Orville L. Freeman (1963-69)
- Secretary of Commerce
- Luther H. Hodges (1963-65)
- John T. Connor (1965-67)
- Alexander B. Trowbridge (1967-68)
- Cyrus R. Smith (1968-69)
- Secretary of Labor
- W. Willard Wirtz (1963-69)
- Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Anthony J. Celebrezze (1963-65)
- John W. Gardner (1965-68)
- Wilbur J. Cohen (1968-69)
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Robert C. Weaver (1966-69)
- Robert C. Wood (1969)
- Secretary of Transportation
- Alan S. Boyd (1967-69)